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Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A savory account of how the pursuit of delicious foods shaped human evolution."--
Nature, it has been said, invites us to eat by appetite and rewards by flavor. But what exactly are flavors? Why are some so pleasing while others are not? Delicious is a supremely entertaining foray into the heart of such questions. With generous helpings of warmth and wit, the authors offer bold new perspectives on why food is enjoyable and how the pursuit of delicious...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
The bananas we eat today aren't our parents' bananas: We eat a recognizable, consistent fruit that was standardized in the 1960s from dozens into one basic banana. But because of that, the banana we love is dangerously susceptible to a pathogen that might wipe them out. That's the story of our food today: Modern science has brought us produce in perpetual abundance--once-rare fruits are seemingly never out of season, and we breed and clone the hardiest,...
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